[Bleui]

I would say Ranger, but I'm biased hehe. Warrior will be hard since you lack gear and plat. That goes for all melee classes really. But the Bard can swarm kite, which makes the bard the fastest leveler. But is soloing for the most part what you want to do? Pallys need less gear than wars. Druids are a good first class because you can farm money for your next ideal class you would like you play, but do you want to dump all the time in the druid just to get plat for a class you would rather play?

A Ranger is quite fun imo. I always thought of the Ranger as the default nomad of EQ. You get the best bows, you get sow, you can forage, you do decent damage, you have some utility if you know how to play your class, and you are rare at high levels. But keep in mind with the ranger... There is a lot of haterd on this server towards them. They don't wear plat, and it's kind of hard to place them in a group/raid when other classes can do a better job (per se).

But it's all about how you like playing. If you wanna lead a group roll war or pally (war will be wanted more in raiding). If you want to buff people, have ports, and be a decent soloer roll druid (keep in mind there WILL be down time). If you wanna level really quick to max level roll bard, plus they are great in groups, but for me grouping is a little boring playing as one.